Description

James Kirkwood. Terrestrial Globe on Wooden Stand.
[Edinburgh: second quarter of the 19th century]. The maker's
escutcheon reads: "Kirkwood's Terrestrial Globe Containing the
Whole of The Latest Discoveries and Geographical Improvement Also
the tracks of The Most Celebrated Circumnavigators." Eighteen-inch
diameter globe on three-legged mahogany stand with brass casters,
measuring fifty inches tall. One small piece of missing veneer in
the outer retaining ring, a three-inch wide indentation southeast
of Australia and evidence of restoration to the western half of
North America. Mellow patina to the varnished paper surface. Globe
rotates freely with the insertion of shims to counter wear to the
retaining ring guides. Very good, restored.

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